Dragon Ball Super: Beerus - Everything We Know About the Fall 2026 Remake

After years of teases, leaks, and one frustratingly silent stretch from Toei, *Dragon Ball Super: Beerus* finally has a confirmed Fall 2026 release window - and based on what's surfaced through promotional materials, voice cast confirmations, and Toyotaro's recent comments, this is shaping up to be the biggest Dragon Ball anime project of the decade. Here's everything actually confirmed so far, separated from the rumor mill. ## What Was Confirmed **Release window: October 2026.** Toei locked in the window at Jump Festa earlier this year. The first episode airs simultaneously in Japan and on Crunchyroll worldwide, breaking the historic delay that frustrated international fans during *Daima*. **Episode count: 24 episodes for the first cour.** Confirmed in the Toei production schedule. A second cour is reportedly in pre-production but has not been formally announced. **Director: Tadayoshi Yamamuro returning.** Yamamuro directed key sequences in *Dragon Ball Z* and the original *Battle of Gods* film. His art style is what most fans associate with peak DBZ animation. **Toyotaro on writing duty.** Confirmed via the official Twitter (now X) account. This is the first long-form anime adaptation Toyotaro has directly written for since his manga work began. ## What the Title Reveals "Beerus" as the subtitle isn't subtle. The arc revolves around Beerus and the broader pantheon of Universe 7 - possibly setting up a long-rumored conflict between the Gods of Destruction and an unrevealed cosmic threat. Toyotaro hinted in a 2026 manga interview that "the gods themselves will not be safe." Take that for what it's worth. The real question fans are debating: does this arc adapt the *Super Hero* film aftermath, jump straight to a new threat, or pull from the manga's *Granolah* and *Black Frieza* arcs? Smart money is on a hybrid - adapt key beats from Toyotaro's manga but with new content woven in. ## Voice Cast - All Confirmed - **Masako Nozawa** returning as Goku, Gohan, and Goten - **Ryō Horikawa** returning as Vegeta - **Toshio Furukawa** returning as Piccolo - **Kōichi Yamadera** returning as Beerus - **Masakazu Morita** returning as Whis - **Ryūsei Nakao** confirmed as Frieza (which fans take as a strong hint) The English dub at Funimation/Crunchyroll has not been formally announced but Sean Schemmel and Christopher Sabat have both publicly stated they expect to return. ## Animation Studio Toei Animation, returning. This will be Toei's first major Dragon Ball series since *Daima* wrapped. Industry insiders confirm Toei is allocating a noticeably larger budget per episode than *Super* (2015-2018) - a response to the criticism Super received for inconsistent animation quality. Early promotional clips show animation closer in quality to the *Super Hero* film than to the original Super series. If that holds across 24 episodes, fans are in for a treat. ## What This Means for the Manga Toyotaro confirmed the manga will continue in parallel, not pause for the anime. This is a departure from how *Super* was handled the first time around (where the manga and anime told different versions of the same story). For *Beerus*, the manga is officially the source - the anime adapts from it. For collectors and lore-heads: this means the manga remains canon-leading. The anime is the broader-audience version. ## What's Still Unknown - **Theme song artists.** Rumors of a major J-rock band's involvement, but nothing confirmed. - **Black Frieza's full role.** Heavily teased in promotional art but not yet shown in animation. - **Granolah's status.** Whether he survives the gap between manga and anime is a major plot question. - **Number of cours total.** Anywhere from 2 to 4 cours depending on which leak you trust. ## Should You Be Hyped? After *Super*'s mixed reception and *Daima*'s love-it-or-leave-it pivot, fans are right to be cautious. But the budget, the staff, and Toyotaro's involvement at the writing level are genuinely positive signals. Toei seems to have learned from past mistakes. If the first 4 episodes hold animation quality, this could be the franchise reset modern DBZ has needed since the Tournament of Power. We'll know in October. Until then, keep an eye on Jump Festa announcements and stay skeptical of any 'leaks' that don't trace back to the official Toei production schedule.